[Tango-L] The Rules

[Michael]

Trini:

You were an important contributor to the List "back in the day." Your
situation compels a discussion about the rules.

 

I don't know if the rules were created to regulate traffic or a
technological issue, i.e. how many postings you can shove through a server.
I now realize that the rules were "automatic" moderation. Shahrukh must have
been overwhelmed with monitoring the traffic, like guiding airplanes into
and out of a very busy airport. (I think there were auxiliary moderators but
I'm not sure.) The rules also prevented too many flames from the same
poster.

 

Is it possible to wipe the slate clean for everybody and take a fresh look
at the rules? I belong to a dance forum where there is NO limit on the
postings to a bulletin board. The major difference is the bulletin board has
multiple threads and you can follow certain threads. (The forum sends an
alert when somebody has posted to the thread you're following.) You can't
set up Tango L to only receive messages on threads you want to follow. But
then, it's understood this is a list.

 

Before the rules are changed and the floodgates opened, we need to discuss
moderation and who volunteers to be a moderator. It can't fall completely on
Shahrukh's shoulders.

 

There will always be listers who will abuse the rules. Shahrukh wrote in an
earlier message (which I can't find) that .5% (I hope I remembered the
correct percentage) of the listers were the flamers. So we should shut down
the list because of .5% of the list?

 

I understand rules have their value. But blindly following rules that may no
longer be applicable isn't a good idea.

 

Michael

Came home to New York where the Argentine Tango is better

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Trini y Sean (PATangoS)
Subject: Re: [Tango-L] The Sound of the Music

 

When my last three emails to the list did not post, I figured it was time to
leave.  The first two where responses to a post and I had forgotten about
the 2 postings/day limit.  I had thought they might post the next day as
they did, I thought, bring more light into the discussion and specifically
addressed attracting new readers/posters. 

 

None of that bothers me, but it really made me realize that I simply don't
have the time for this.  I could have rewritten my comments and reposted
them for the next day, but life calls.  

 

Trini de Pittsburgh